6.8 SPC Fir Deer? and in AR15 platform?

[Buckwild96]

I've been looking into it this round had bridges the gap between the 5.56mm and the 7.62mm

It's biggger, not going to blow ur arm off and I was wondering if anyone on this site has used it in the field and this also is a question for gunsmiths.

What do you think?

Also what do u think on using AR's on deer

[pawle76]

I've heard of quite a few hunters taking deer with this round. Personally I think it's a little light but thats just me. As for the AR platform for deer hunting, absolutley. As a matter of fact I just started saving up for one myself. They are very reliable, accurate,modular rifles which will do very well for hunting. As for caliber I'm probably going to get one in .308. You can get them in .243 or if you want some serious knockdown power you can get them in .450 bushmaster or .458 socom. I think the AR will be the choice of many hunters in the future.

[WNYBuckHunter]

6.8 is a great round for deer. I am going to be putting a 6.8 upper together for my AR so that I can use it in rifle zones. Its the same diameter bullet as a 270 traveling at @ 2500fps. Plenty for whitetails. I am already collecting up brass.

One of these days I will also be doing a 458 for larger game.

The AR is a great platform for hunting, the pure flexibility and potential for long range accuracy is fantastic.

Pawlee, get ready for some serious sticker shock when you start pricing out even a modest AR10 (long action)

[Culvercreek hunt club]

No disrespect guys...I find it funny to see "going to blow your arm off" recoil and AR's in the same topic. They do a wonderful job of recoil reduction. I wouldn't be afraid of any caliber in those platforms.

Edited August 22, 2012 by Culvercreek hunt club

[Buckwild96]

@ Culver wel im a newbie hunter i love AR's i fantasize about having one and im still trying different calibers and the thing i like most bout the AR is its ability to look kick a**

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[Culvercreek hunt club]

It is a great choice. don't get scared off by recoil in that platform. The downside i see on the 6.8 is ammo availability compared to other calibers. Like you said they look kick a$$ but you sure are going to want to shoot it,....lol. I really want a 308

[WNYBuckHunter]

HA! I knew it would happen!

[Buckwild96]

what about a 338 lapua?

[Early]

Buckwild connects AR with Fantasy...Suspicion confirmed!

[WNYBuckHunter]

what about a 338 lapua?

You could build an AR10 in one. What are you trying to do though? Kill them at a half mile? Lol

[WNYBuckHunter]

Actually, i looked into it, 338 lapua is too long for the AR10 platform. Theres an AR30 platform that Armalite builds that will fit it though. Youre talking big big bucks though.

[Pygmy]

The 6.8 is a nice fit for the AR platform, but then so is the .308, which would be more versatile..

All that said, I wouldn't be seen carrying one of those monstrosities around the woods.

I'd rather be caught carrying a nickel plated Ladysmith with pink grips.

However, I respect differences in taste. What is ugly to me is beautiful to someone else ( like WNYBuckhunter)..

I like walnut, blued metal and light, graceful fixed power scopes, where he likes composite, stainless and big ugly variable scopes...hehehehehe.... To each his own.

[Gthphtm]

This reminds me of one year a fellow on the neighboring property allowed his son to let his friends come and hunt on there property 4 of them with semi auto rifles,on a 2 acre piece of property.Well opening day about 8:00 am 9 rapid shots came from that property.An hour later the son comes to our friends property and asks if anyone of us had a doe permit the could have,which we did not that year.We went to look at the deer,it had 2 bullet holes in it,1 threw the right knee and 1 threw the nose.Some one had slit its neck to put it down.Needless to say the son and his friends were not alowed to hunt there any more.

[Pygmy]

I have nothing against the fact that they are semi auto.

I just think that they are UGLY as sin!!......

Edited August 25, 2012 by Pygmy

[WNYBuckHunter]

Pygmy, the beauty of the 6.8spc is that its a short action round that works off of the AR15 platform instead of the more expensive AR10 platform. The AR15 can be built nice and light weight with the 6.8 with a 16" barrel and composite stocks, etc. They are a joy to tote around on long walks. That being said, they arent for everyones taste.

BTW, my Encore has stainless and a variable scope, but it has walnut, doesnt that count for anything? Hahaha

Somewhere down the line, my plans are for a .260 chambered AR10 to join my collection. Im drooling just thinking about it.....flat top with a nice variable scope.......Ill be back in a few minutes.....

[WNYBuckHunter]

This reminds me of one year a fellow on the neighboring property allowed his son to let his friends come and hunt on there property 4 of them with semi auto rifles,on a 2 acre piece of property.Well opening day about 8:00 am 9 rapid shots came from that property.An hour later the son comes to our friends property and asks if anyone of us had a doe permit the could have,which we did not that year.We went to look at the deer,it had 2 bullet holes in it,1 threw the right knee and 1 threw the nose.Some one had slit its neck to put it down.Needless to say the son and his friends were not alowed to hunt there any more.

So it was the guns fault?

[Pygmy]

Sorry WNYBuck... The stainless and the big objective variable TRUMPS the walnut...

Besides, I think Encores are as ugly as AR-15s...hehehehe...

There are some attractive single shots out there..Ruger # 1 is a good example.. I also like Remington Rolling Blocks, Sharps and even the lowly Springfield Trapdoor has its appeal..

[pawle76]

Ugly or not the AR does have it's place in the hunting woods. I happen to like both the traditional hunting rifles and the AR / black rifles.

WNY- yeah I'm aware that spending more than a grand is common place for an AR. Plus optics and such. Money well spent in my eyes.

[Gthphtm]

Quote.(So it was the guns fault.) I never said that.A gun is like a computer it will only do what the person working it makes it do..

[Early]

I beg to differ: None of my guns has a mind of its own....My computer does!

[dirt_a_KISS]

wow a 338 lapua, why not a tank instead. You don't play GI joe in the woods do you?

[Buckwild96]

well im not playing GI JOE in the fricken woods and honestly i just love the AR

[cityboy]

I was thinking of a AR platform to keep the recoil from making the gel in the back of my eyeball from coming loose. makes it lok like it's snowing dark snowflakes

[WNYBuckHunter]

Better think of another platform unless you already have a lower.

[waterweasle]

armalites 338 lapua is a bolt gun, not a semiauto...................I may never hunt with my 338.........but I like the boom